We had to take our black and white scraps, which I didn't have enough. Can you believe that! True to my words, I stayed home and dug into my stash of fabric. With a grin on my face, I found Hello at the bottom of one of my bins. A layered-cake in a tone of light beige/ blacks by Robert Kaufman. Beautiful tones of fabric with a different patterns. Just in case I didn't have enough, I brought additional fabric that went well with it.
Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture of my fabric before I cut them in strips. Something to remember next time. But here a simpler of it.
You can find this simple version of the crazy quilt in the book: Quilting in Black & White by Leisure Arts. It's a very simple pattern and easy to do.
With darker and lighter fabrics sewed together, you can alternate the block.
For my decorative thread, I used the Essential Threads 100% cotton by Connecting Threads. Gold for my darker fabric and a dark grey for my lighter blocks.
The centred piece was pinned in the center of the muslin square. The strips of different sized are sewed around it.
I am not sure what will be the colours for around the blocks
Not sure when this project will be completed. I hope it's not another UFO. I'll keep you updated when I worked more on it. For now, let go of quilt!
Updated: November 23, 2015
Updated: November 23, 2015
For the block's sashing, I opted for the black & beige combo. My final step is planning the free-motion quilting on this one. For the blocks that have a larger center, it would be nice to have some decorative threat. Because the blocks are already heavily embroidery with decorative stitches, I'm wondering if I should quilt it with a very simple quilting pattern. We'll see.
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